What we need to do is have empathy and that ultimately, at the end of the day, it's a woman's private choice... I don't support federal funding for abortions, nor do I support late-term abortions.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I do not support abortion rights. Although what I would support in this vexed area is not clear to me.
The national Democratic Party has embraced abortion on demand. I believe this position is wrong in principle and out of the mainstream of our party's historic commitment to protecting the powerless.
There is a huge reservoir of support for abortion rights from ordinary women. I hear all the time from women who had abortions and say it made possible the good life they went on to have. Social shaming silences too many.
Abortion's a private decision. But I just think it shouldn't be federalized.
When we choose to have an abortion, we must do so understanding the full ramifications of what we are doing. Anything less feels to me to be hypocritical, a selfish abnegation of reality and responsibility.
The American people overwhelmingly oppose taxpayer funding of abortions, and it's no different in Arizona, where we have long-standing policy against subsidizing them with public dollars.
We are not voting for health care if we do not resolve this language on public funding for abortion - no public funding for abortion.
I leave abortion to the woman. I just fundamentally end there. I absolutely support a woman's right to choose.
I, for one, respect those who believe with all their hearts and conscience that there are no circumstances under which any abortion should ever be available.
While the political debate over abortion will continue for a very long time, the federal government can and should be doing more to support programs and services that provide women with better options.